500 Startups Adds 2 New Venture Partners, Looking to Expand its NYC and Indian Presence

13 years ago

The team at 500 Startups is making the news today, adding two new Venture Partners. Shai Goldman joins the team, coming from a tenure at…

Facebook’s ‘Next Billion’: A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg

13 years ago

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to…

Samsung’s Galaxy Phones Drive Record $7.3 Billion Profit

13 years ago

Samsung Electronics reported quarterly profit of $7.3 billion on Friday, a fourth straight record quarter and nearly double last year's…

Facebook Hits 1 Billion Users, Hires Iñárritu To Make Commercial Comparing It to Chairs

13 years ago

It's been a while since Facebook has had cause to publicly celebrate. The company's IPO in May was a fiasco,…

How to Look Inside Any Building in the World

13 years ago

People take Instagram photos everywhere. Even—especially—in places you can't easily get into. That's why it seems like the most natural…

Bob Mansfield Stayed at Apple After CEO Tim Cook Offered Him ‘Exorbitant’ $2M-per-month

13 years ago

Details on the behind-the-scenes politics were published on Wednesday in a feature byBloomberg Businessweek. It revealed that Cook "nearly witnessed an insurrection"…

Microsoft Considering ‘Surface Phone,’ But Not This Year

13 years ago

Microsoft won't release its own Windows Phone device this year, sources have told The Verge. Multiple insiders have confirmed there are…

Xbox Music to Launch on October 26th With Free Ad-supported Streaming

13 years ago

Microsoft is preparing to launch its Xbox Music service on October 26th. Multiple sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have confirmed…

The Forgotten Mapmaker: Nokia Has Better Maps Than Apple and Maybe Even Google

13 years ago

Apple's maps are bad. Even Tim Cook knows this and apologized for them. Google's maps are good, thanks to years of work,…

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Talks More About the Cloud

13 years ago

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison certainly had a big day. He delivered his second keynote at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in…